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Tuesday

Impeachment verdict

Now, after the
judgment has been rendered. Will you not wonder why the Philippines is
classified as a third world country? And, why the Philippines is one of the
most corrupt nations in the world? People have just
witnessed how liars prosecute and judge their fellow liar. I do not say all of
them are liars but most of them. I believe that Corona is guilty of not
declaring his entire assets, liabilities and networks but it doesn't constitute
an impeachable offense because it is not considered as a high crime as provided
by the letters of the constitution. Corona admitted the inaccuracies in his
SALN, same as the admission of President Bill Clinton to the American people in
the US Impeachment Court of his inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky
yet the US Senate ruled that the charge was not impeachable offense. Clinton
was acquitted.

If the senator
judges based their decisions on evidence and laws they might have acquitted the
Chief Justice. I'm not against to the verdict that the senator-judges have
made. I personally find Corona not an ideal Chief Justice. I suspect he wasn't
cooperative to his defense counsels because his actions and statements when he
testified in the impeachment court were served the interest of the prosecutions
and not on his side. Corona made several irrelevant statements in his narration
hoping that he might capture the public by appealing to emotion in presumption
that the public is the real judge to the impeachment case but he forgot that
the ones who will render decisions are the representatives of the public, the
senator-judges, who have their personal perceptions. Non bigoted lawyers will
say that Corona's privilege testimonies were not helpful to him and I guess it
wasn't rehearsed with his counsels.

The employee of
the court administratively punished by the Supreme Court for non-disclosure of
the complete SALN was not in parity to an impeachment case. The constitution
limits the offenses for impeachment to the following: culpable (maliciously
intentional) violation of the Constitution, treason, bribery, graft and
corruption, other high crimes, or betrayal of public trust. By the
aforementioned offenses, it is clear that the case of an employee of a court
who was dismissed because of not declaring the stall in a market in the SALN is
not in parallel to the conditions or offenses as mentioned in the constitution
to an impeachment case aside from the fact that the court employee was not an
impeachable official of the government.

Though I have
not seen the entire proceedings this afternoon and not yet heard all the
speeches of the senator-judges about their decisions but I heard some of them
while I’m on the road. Some of the senator-judges mentioned about conscience as
their guidance in their decisions. I wonder what kind of conscience they're
talking about whether it could be a good or hypocritical conscience. Legal judgment
guided by conscience must come along with the law of reasons which our
constitution provides; otherwise it may tarnish its quality. I believe for the
fact that most of the two-legged crocodiles in the legislative department of
this government do not exercise good conscience for not declaring their entire
assets, liabilities and networks as how the respondent CJ did in his SALN whom
they have now convicted. If our constitution tells that inaccuracy in the
declaration of SALN mandates an outright removal from public office there would
be a handful of government officials left in the service, not even the
prosecutors and senator-judges will be spared.

I reiterate, I
do not say that I do not agree to their verdict against the Chief Justice. I do
ask; are all the representatives of the people in the senate sited as
impeachment court competent enough to make legal and rightful judgment based on
their experiences, knowledge and abilities? I do not think so. I also witnessed
how the people's representatives from the congress fashioned desperate measures
to dress up their charges against the Chief Justice and the defense counsels
have successfully counteracted them using their impressive wits on laws.

I do not wonder
why this country is hardly rising from poverty. This nation is mostly governed
by officials who are two-legged crocodiles. For as long as the people will not
learn how to put good leaders into powers, this country will perpetually buried
into poverty. Imagine electing somebody into congress or senate whose function
is to make laws but doesn't know about making laws and ignorant of the
Constitution? Casting a vote only based on popularity? This is why the
political seats are deluged by showbiz clowns. Wake up people! I say, some of
the senators are not well-learned and experienced about the letters and
substance of the laws and under-trained about legislation neither court
judgment. They may be the extension of the people for they have been elected by
the people but their voices and actions are not at all times a representation
of the will of the learned people. They do their personal decisions and most of
the time people can't do anything to protest against their decisions.

In other words,
I say, people need to learn to vote wisely in the upcoming senatorial election.
Elect senators who are not basing their judgment because of political interest.
I suspect that some of them know that if they render judgment in favor to the
respondent CJ they will not get support from the government in the upcoming
senatorial elections. People should elect legislators who stand by the mandate
of the letters of the constitution not on the amount of funds from PDAF (pork
barrel) neither the security for political ambition.

Enough to the
sufferings of my countrymen!

Therefore, I
move to make my personal verdict that the two-legged crocodiles in the senate
and congress are GUILTY for graft and corruption. And they should be punished
by a ruthless law and dump to jail in some distant planet with no reception bar
ever, and then buried into hell with a penalty not later than eternity. LOL ;D